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SOME NORMARCHIAN LESSONS DRAWN
Based on a general review of the events in the South Atlantic, the Normarchian forces did drawn some conclusions.
* There is a general lack of transport capacity to meet the needs of the Coastal Rangers. A need is seen for some type of ship that has a good capacity for men and equipment, a good turn of speed, and facilities for rapid unloading in port. It is thought that the need may be met through ships adhering to the qualitative limitations of the numerically unlimited categories within the Cleito Treaty.
* Firecontrol within the fleet is not drilled as extensively as one would have wished, and this led to problems in generating enough hits. It is presumed that this has been the result of a return to a pre-war routine, wehre the ships are laid up for parts of the year, being mobilised for crisises and drills. The navy and government now agree that having the fleet continuously manned and drilled is necessary to maintain the credibility of the fleet.
* Future capital ships of the navy should have significantly more armour than current capital ships.
* There should be a significant increase in the number of barrels carried as main armament on future capital ships.
* Conning towers seem to not have served their purpose, there being a marked tendency that hits on conning towers left persons inside incapacitated, and persons outside able to continute functioning. Splinter protection seems to be a general lack of command spaces.
* Current efforts to prevent magazine conflagrations on capital ships work sufficiently.
* Casemates do not offer sufficient limitation of damage to secondaries following hits by medium and heavy shells.
* Turrets offer sufficient limitation of damage to secondaries following hits by medium and heavy shells.
* Existing turretdesigns for light and medium guns place unacceptable limits on rate of fire
* Torpedoes carried by capital ships do not get used.
* Existing torpedo defence systems are unlikely to be sufficiently effective against current and future torpedoes.
This results in the following:
* Experimental fast naval transports are design and trialled within the two mentioned categories of the treaty.
* The fleet is kept mobilised permanently.
* New ships will have focus on armament and protection, at expense of speed.
* New ships, and old ships significantly reconstructed, are likely to not have heavily armoured conning towers.
* Current efforts at preventing magazine conflagrations, and preventing flash from spreading in the ammunition system, will continue. Care will be taken to isolate magazines and supply-systems from each other. Further efforts may be undertaken, if they do not complicate the overall system.
* New ships, and old ships being reconstructed, will be equipped with secondaries placed in turrets.
* New turret-designs for medium and light guns will facilitate better rate of fire.
* No ships larger than cruisers are to carry torpedoes in any form or way.
* New torpedo defence systems will be applied to new capital ships. These will be subject to testing before implementation.
With regards to the defence of South Georgia, the following actions are to be taken:
* Gustavshald Fortress is to be established at South Georgia. The fortress is to contain guns of 11cm, 15cm, and 21cm calibre, taken from decommissioned coast-defence ships.
* The fortress will have 11cm, 15cm, and 21cm forts covering the inlets to Stromness Bay, West Cumberland Bay, East Cumberland Bay, and PRicne Olaf Harbour. 11cm forts will cover Godthul.
* Gustavshald Kystjegerregiment is to be established at Gustavshald Fortress. The regiment will have two battallions of Coastal Rangers.
* Gustavshald Festnings Kystartilleriregiment is to be established at Gustavshald Fortress. The regiment will have one normal and one heavy artillery battallion.
* The Coastal rangers will establish and man observation stations across the island, observing in particular Maiviken, Fortuna Bay, and also other sites likely to be the targets of naval landings in case of war.
* All forts, batteries, observation stations, garrisons, and settlements are to be provided with telephonic communication
* A Naval Squadron is to be permanently stationed at South Georgia. The Naval Squadron is to consist of two light cruisers and five purposebuilt large patrolvessels.
* South Georgia is to have regular calls by mailships operating on Nordmark's South Atlantic mail services.
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The Luftwaffe was quite surprised by the poor showing of some of the large bomber forces, and is eagerly awaiting reports from Nordmark on what happened with their Boeing Type 299s.
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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
The German army would, if asked, agree that support tanks (in Germany's case, Panzer IVs) are often superior to assault guns (in Germany's case, StuG IIIs), but the cost difference is substantial enough that the Heer intends to continue to purchase assault guns.
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